Posted on 03/12/2016 5:43:37 AM PST by Helicondelta
On Thursday, House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told reporters that Donald Trump’s nomination would help Republicans running for office, not hurt them.
McCarthy cited the fact that turnout in the first nine presidential primaries had risen this year from 2008, while Democratic turnout had declined.
McCarthy used the example of the 7th District, where Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones is challenging two-term Democrat Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), telling to the Sacramento Bee, “I have big hopes that that one is going to be very competitive.”
Jones has made immigration one of his top issues: last October, after an illegal immigrant murdered a Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy and a Placer County sheriff’s deputy, Jones made a YouTube video in which he called on Barack Obama to push for “meaningful immigration reform.”
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“could” article - drink!
I know it’s early, bloody mary maybe?
They’d be wise to try to catch a rising star.
Just a V8. Bloody Mary can wait till tonight
I don’t want to win ‘Republican’ seats for the sake of ‘Republican’. We’ve been there, done that and it got us a pile of duck squat topped off by a bullshit desert.
I want those seats filled with Americans that don’t succumb to the hoors, money and whistles of the DC Disneyland representing me or my countrymen.
It seems that more and more U.S. citizens have awoken to the fact that actual citizens have become, well, second class citizens.
Are some in the GOPestablishment starting to get their eyes open?
No other candidate is expanding the GOP tent like Trump is. GOP needs to realize — join him or get left behind.
With the numbers Trump does seem to be brining over, if the GOP play their cards right, they could own presidential elections for the next 2 to 5 decades or so. But more of the same feckless GOP leadership is not going to do it.
This is actually a really important issue.
Trump is the likely nominee for sure. We believe he will bring out Blue Collar Dems to vote for him. But we know we are vulnerable in the Senate. We have lots of GOP Senators running for reelection including the highly vulnerable Kirk from Illinois.
So will Trump hurt or help? Will those Blue Collar Dems vote for Trump AND Kirk? I wonder. Will Trump inspire the Rubio, Cruz and Bush supporters to come out in record numbers? Can Trump pull Kirk over the Finish Line?
I hope so - a Trump Presidency with Chuck Schumer running the Senate would be a mess.
But I’m not so sure. We need to see some evidence that Trump has coat tails.
1 oz scotch, 2 oz. grapefruit juice, top it up with club soda or seltzer.
IF Trump is the nominee and self funds at least some of his own campaign that will free up dollars to put toward Senate and House races. And IF he is the candidate individual Republicans can decide to run as a Trump ally OR that they need to be elected to write conservative legislation and to balance any rogue tendencies. I think it will be more help than harm.
GOPe Power Grab. Get the party to lurch left and swallow up several million liberal voters, taking them away from the Democrats. Stay in power in Washington.
Principles? Ideals? Policy?
None of that matters. What matters is staying in power.
Hold the grapefruit juice, the club soda or seltzer, one ice cube is ok to release the full flavor, and make sure the scotch is single malt.
The lights come on for the GOP-e.
Here’s a clue, Kevin...
The Bush Family is only interested in...The Bush Family.
Stop taking their advice.
I suspect that SOMEONE just lost his House leadership position...for going to the DARK SIDE, and to put salt on the wound, he was giving specific examples.
Only if they actually align with him and begin to support him rather than attack him.
I know I will NOT vote for Portman in the OH senate race this time.
BUT Trump hurts with big donors, many of whom profit from open borders.
Trump is only leading based upon the fact that this election is about shaking up both parties and tossing out the insiders in favor of those who will represent America. If that is what is going on, then Trump has no long coat-tails for GOPe to clamber on to. In fact, I don’t think he would want that since they will just weight down efforts at reform.
How scary. Kevin McCarthy, the third of the “Three Young Guns”. Blech.
Kevin’s hoof in mouth disease was a true set-back to the Benghazi Committee, already slow to display their ammo before the General Election begins.
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